Tim Hannigan

Tim Hannigan is an author and travel journalist. He was born in Penzance in Cornwall in the far west of the United Kingdom and specialises in writing about Indonesia and the Indian Subcontinent.

Tim formerly worked as a professional chef, before studying journalism at the University of Gloucestershire. He also worked as an English teacher and a tour guide before becoming a full-time writer.

He is the author of three books of narrative history: Murder in the Hindu Kush (The History Press, 2011), which was shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize, Raffles and the British Invasion of Java (Monsoon Books, 2012) which won the 2013 John Brooks Award, and A Brief History of Indonesia (Tuttle Publishing, 2015).